Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com

When my dad and I would go fishing, right before heading ashore we'd take our can of worms and just toss the worms--dirt and all--into the lake. My dad said if we didn't give the fishies some free worms, every now and then, they'd learn worms always have hooks and they'd stop biting on our bait.

And even if it wasn't so, my father pointed out, we could do the fish a favor and give them a meal, since THEY were so often a meal for US.

So it is I have come upon four cans of worms--property lists for four notorious North Minneapolis slumlord entities--but rather than play with the worms, rather than dish up the stuff piecemeal in numerous blog posts--I think I will just open the cans of worms and toss the information upon the wormy waters of the internet. Do with it what you will.

First, Keith Rietman. Oh, how happy I am to have a more current list of properties for Rietman. The last list wasn't very current, click here, and so I'm happy to have a better list. Here it is...Property List, Keith Rietman, as follows:

Here are the properties of Dana D III. Word is this entity is in trouble with the authorities, but properties continue to be listed as under the ownership of Dana D III or, as I always say, "Dana Dee Roman Numeral Three."

Last but not least, the humble slumlord empire of Bashir Moghul. Give Moghul credit for this: he has the most geographic diversity, not limiting himself to North Minneapolis but spreading his slummy ways all around.

Bashir Moghul,2942 Tyler St NE,Minneapolis,MN,55418

Bashir Moghul,4206 Colfax Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55412-1734

Bashir Moghul,3814 Fremont Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55412-2043

Bashir Moghul,2516 Lowry Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1011

Bashir Moghul,3027 Penn Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1121

Bashir Moghul,3114 Upton Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1044

Bashir Moghul,3550 Girard Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55412-2418

Bashir Moghul,3347 Fremont Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55412-2404

Bashir Moghul,2646 Penn Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1719

Bashir Moghul,2615 Newton Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411

Bashir Moghul,2950 Bryant Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1439

Bashir Moghul,2617 Dupont Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-2039

Bashir Moghul,3318 N 6th St,Minneapolis,MN,55412-2624

Bashir Moghul,3248 6th St N,Minneapolis,MN,55412

Bashir Moghul,3200 N 2nd St,Minneapolis,MN,55412-2602

Bashir Moghul,2915 N 3rd St,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1509

Bashir Moghul,428 31st Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1528

Bashir Moghul,318 27th Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1518

Bashir Moghul,2317 53rd Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55430-3373

Bashir Moghul,5209 N 6th St,Minneapolis,MN,55430-3228

Bashir Moghul,4553 Camden Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55412

Bashir Moghul,2110 Lyndale Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-2735

Bashir Moghul,1900 5th St N,Minneapolis,MN,55418

Bashir Moghul,2514 Emerson Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-2010

Bashir Moghul,2415 Emerson Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-2051

Bashir Moghul,2118 Aldrich Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411

Bashir Moghul,2030 Willow Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1813

Bashir Moghul,1900 W Broadway Ave,Minneapolis,MN,55411-2455

Bashir Moghul,1934 Oliver Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-2402

Bashir Moghul,1547 22nd Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-1947

Bashir Moghul,1831 Morgan Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-3017

Bashir Moghul,1500 Irving Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-3149

Bashir Moghul,704 Penn Ave N,Minneapolis,MN,55411-3626

Bashir Moghul,816 Park Ave,Minneapolis,MN,55404-1135

Bashir Moghul,1917 1st Ave S,Minneapolis,MN,55403

Bashir Moghul,2301 5th Ave S,Minneapolis,MN,55404-3635

Bashir Moghul,2532 Bloomington Ave,Minneapolis,MN,55404-3920

THESE LISTS ARE BELIEVED TO BE CURRENT but if anybody has contrary information, discussion, etc. there are comment threads available.

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that's interesting that Moghul owns 816 Park Ave S. that property is near downtown and i've walked by it many times. i'm not sure if he still owns the property but they tore the house that was there down last spring. i have before and after pictures if you're interested. it's quite an ugly looking house though, since Moghul tore off all the siding and never replaced it. google maps shows it how it used to look before did that. they did a strib article on it back in march - here it is if you're interested: http://www.startribune.com/local/42091127.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU

I would just like to make a comment about Mr. Khan....I have known him for a couple years now and he is a very kind hearted man. He gives shelter to anyone who can prove they have a job and suports the homeless shelters. The places he has rented are in good shape. The homes that you are blogging about are the homes he has not gotten around to fixing yet. He purchased too many at one time and is over his head with work. I do believe that he is actually helping the N. Side by fixing these homes that no one else would touch. Do the research to find the homes he has rehab'd and you will see, the homes are very livable (not slummy).

Mahmood Khan says the you have the wrong idea about him and would like defend himself. He as requested that I post his phone number here so all you haters can take these issues up with him in person; 612-998-2500. Mr. Khan has offered to take Johnny on a tour of the homes he was rented in order to stop all the bad mouthing that has occured on this blog.

Please tell Mr. Khan that he can use this comment thread to reach the reader audience and have a substantive dialogue about his properties.

And as far as giving Johnny Northside a tour, it sounds like just the type of fun that Johnny loves to have, so please tell Mr. Khan to email Johnny at hoffx106@umn.edu and upon his return, I am sure that Johnny will reply and set something up.

Johnny Northside says (via text message) that you should give the property tour to Jeff Skrenes, the Hawthorne Council housing director. Jeff can take pictures, get Mr. Khan's tour information and relay it here to this blog for all the readers to see.

That way all of us JNS readers don't have to wait on the edge of our seats for the rental tour. There might even be a few readers out there looking for a new place to live! (I'll let you decide if the sarcasm font is broken or if it's coming through crystal clear)

For anyone unfamiliar with the blog, Jeff Skrenes is The Mortgage Geek (the true identity of the mysterious Hawthorne Hawkman remains a mystery, however).

I am certainly open to a tour of Mahmoud Khan's properties (or anyone else called out in this post) and I am especially interested in properties located within Hawthorne.

I do have one question first: What is the difference between a slumlord and a nice guy who bought too many properties and now can't handle them? (It's a trick question. The answer is "none.")

I would consider such a tour, however, under three conditions: first and foremost, it must include several properties of my choosing. I have no intention of letting someone pick and choose their nicest places as a way to hide the worst of the worst.

Second, I want to bring along a licensed contractor. I am not an expert in how houses are put together and I want someone who can tell me if I'm looking at high-quality work.

Third, I want to make it clear that I will bring a camera with me and the pictures I take are mine to use as I please (which will likely result in a blog post here telling folks if Khan's properties he showed seem good or bad).

I will call the number posted to see about doing this soon. If JNS readers have other stipulations that they deem necessary, call me at 612-529-6033 and I'll take them into consideration.

2110 Lyndale N. is already on this list for Bashir Moghul (and a particularly troublesome property it is!) but here's more info and another name associated with the property from this 2008 tax assessment.

We all know they're slumlords, but when you start to examine their slummy ways...it's amazing, all the little tricks they have, like Keith Reitman and his unique shade of blue, Bashir and all his relatives listed on the various properties. So many tricks.

According to a criminal complaint in my possession, which I will be writing about as soon as I can, the recent high profile bust of a woman who was sex trafficking two minor girls from Wisconsin took place at 2722 Oliver Ave. N.

I ironically found this during a housing search. I have bad credit a bad rental history and a dreaded section 8 voucher. So I started looking months ago. Now nearing my deadline I will still end up in one of theses properties. No application fee or waiting period. Maybe someones lucky day day considering im a crmt with a boilers license and im ready to improve my new house and make repairs that other section 8 tenants purposely inflict.. Thank God I dont have to be homeless again with my children.

3953 Dupont Ave. N., at one time owned by Dana D, is now owned by "Plaza 1 Inc" of Minnetonka. Not sure if that's an isolated instance or if something is happening with the Dana D properties, and at this point I wasn't planning to dig but, hey, head's up. Situation with THAT one changed.